Category Archives: Minerals

Plant Waste Used to Recover Waste Uranium

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Researchers at the UK’s Birmingham University have recovered uranium from the radioactive waters of uranium mines using bacteria and inositol phosphate, a chemical parallel of a cheap waste material from plants. The same technology can also be used to clean … Continue reading →

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Diamonds

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Diamonds were first found accidentally and given to children as playthings, but then were recognized as having greater value and were mined in many locations including Brazil and Borneo and India. Plato believed that the diamond was the kernel of … Continue reading →

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Natural Resources: Definition and Classification

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Natural resources are naturally occurring substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified (natural) form. A natural resource’s value rests in the amount of the material available and the demand for it. The latter is determined by its usefulness … Continue reading →